It Can't Be THAT Bad.... Can It? - Rebel Moon Part 1 Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Adam and Jay react, review, riff, and rate the first part of Zack Synder's newish space epic(?) Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire.
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"I'm just not having a ton of fun" sums up my Snyder experience largely lol
Really grateful to you boys for covering these movies. I couldn't bring myself to watch them, but something tells me your reactions have made them way more entertaining.
Snyder is an incredibly talented music video director that keeps trying to make movies. If he'd just stop trying to write and story break these things himself and just directed scripts by actual writers he could probably make some pretty great projects.
If I were a screenwriter, I don't know if I'd trust him with any intimate or vulnerable moments in my script. Watchmen was meant to be a somber look at heroes as a profession with any action being deliberately short and non-flashy. Snyder turned it into an orgy of highly stylized slow motion violence while glorifying characters meant to be creepy losers or outright sociopathic criminals.
That’s why his best movie is one written by James Gunn.
don't do the cinematography, action scenes, cause when he does everything looks like shot in a dishwasher and action is slow motion slugfest.
He says the studio forced him to make changes and he gets to show his ideas more fully in the Director's cut. I would have to see that version, first. I really enjoyed his Justice league director's cut, after the awful theatrical version.
@@bl8388 he didn't showed his ideas? He just need to cut out all the unnecessary slow-motions which make the cuts about 1/4-1/3 longer and take the time for good storytelling and character development. But this wont save the movie from all the stupid things that are already in.
Ah, Rebel Moon. AKA Star Warhammers Of The Dune Ring 40K: The Quest For Deus Excalibur Machin-Avatar.
The ONE aspect of this film that I genuinely like: I really appreciate that Charlie Hunnam's character is introduced as a good-for-nothing scoundrel who's only in it for himself - and then it turns out that he genuinely *IS* just a good-for-nothing scoundrel who's only in it for himself! No heart of gold hiding underneath his mercenary exterior, just a legit amoral guy who's happy to sell out his companions for his own benefit. The fact that he's handsome and charming doesn't mean he's trustworthy - which is a nice subversion from the dozens of stories where his type of character invariably winds up becoming a selfless, helpful true believer in the greater good. :)
But yeah, aside from that part, this movie's a dumpster fire.
He was both Han and Lando. They were saying his betrayal made no sense. But they said it in joking when they got to the planet. They are on Bespin.
i'm shocked they didn't see it coming. The minute he said he needed to make a stop i was like "oh he's gonna trap them"
like, red flag much
@@jinxie712 But even Lando was betraying them for the good of his own community, his own people, out of fear of what Vader would do to them - so there was still a moral code at play, deep down. Hunnam's character gets to be genuinely selfish, opportunistic, and lacking much empathy for others. And that's a nice change of pace.
I absolutely saw the Solo in him, and thus did not expect him to betray them.
Cha Boyz singing the "Dune" theme over and over was hilariously entertaining 😅
Gotta hand it to you. The Harry Connick Jr. callbacks were more entertaining than the whole of the movie itself.
I mean, if we’re talking about Star Wars and Seven Samurai, it should be noted that The Mandalorian managed to do a pretty solid take on the story in just over half an hour (S1E4).
But here’s the thing: In an alternative universe where the original Star Wars bombed in theaters - so that it never became a franchise - that one movie is still a complete story with a beginning, middle, and - most importantly - an end: the bad guy’s base is destroyed; Tarkin is dead; the princess is rescued; the scoundrel learns there’s more to life than money; and the simple farmer stops whining about his lot in life and manages to save the day.
Sure, there are loose threads (like Vader surviving), but you don’t _need_ those to be explored in order for that first film to be satisfying. This is the same mistake Zack Snyder made with the DCEU: building a franchise requires more than the “building a franchise” part; each of the individual components have to be compelling in their own right. (This is also why the MCU has fallen off; each piece of content has increasingly become little more than an ad for the next piece of content.)
It’s so bad, not even the fact that it opens with Megatron’s dingdong flying through a space vajayjay can save it.
I haven't seen this movie and probably never will, but say WHAT?? 😂😂
@@EclecticMuse4Watch the reaction from about 3:35 - 4:00 with this comment in mind, and hopefully you'll see what he means.
I felt like I was watching a movie recap of a book I hadn't read and neither had the director. So ultimately all I got was that there was woman who wanted to take down a bad employer she used to work for in SPAAAACCCEEEE!
to me it felt like a first year film student just realized they could add slo-mo to a movie, and just added it for no reason everywhere.
At least 10% of the slow mo shots were placed well. A-. Keep this up, and you'll do better than most of my first year film students.
- Some 100 level Film Professor.
Who couldn't use more slo-mo farming scenes? Apparently Snyder thinks everyone wants more, judging by part 2...
Seriously, I have a high tolerance for garbage... I can find redeeming qualities to almost anything... but when I sat down to watch this I just ended up drinking too much.
The thing is, its not "fun" garbage. Most of the Marvel movies were garbage, but it was "fun" garbage. Rebel Moon is only one thing, real garbage.
@DrewMack-fn5vh wait what? are you going to cry now? did I attacked your
favourite movie little boy?
@DrewMack-fn5vhyeah they’re blatantly derivative trash!
I fell asleep several times. I appreciate the film helping me catch up on sleep.
The Seven Summaries… everyone just reads out the back of their toy box. Good god.
I'm only 12 minutes into the reaction, but thank you guys for confirming I'm not insane. I'm glad someone else was as frustrated at this movie from the jump as I was.
This wasn't a movie.
This was a series of well shot sequences, a handful of cool character designs & establishing shots, and a waste of time for the audience. Netflix & Snyder owe everyone who watched Rebel Moon the run time in life back.
Best things to come from this movie:
1. Rockin' hog of a ship
2. "Is that Harry Connick Jr?"
Thankyou for reacting to this! I would never have watched this alone, who could be bothered honestly. But... I'm happy to watch the highlights with you guys!🙏
26:07 "I am... wh.. whoever.. whatever his name was..." Yep. That's basically every single character in this movie.
I guess my main question is: "Why these specific warriors?" Like, why is the Griffon riding guy absolutely necessary and indespensible from the team? What does he add that noone else in the universe can add? And why is that specific addition something that is worth the time spent doing his companion quest?
Example: Oceans 11 needed all of the characters because each had a specific talent and each talent was 100% necessary for the specific heist they were performing. I don't need to know the backstory of each character, because I know a few that I can latch onto. But every character should have a unique personality and a unique, indispensable job.
Daario Naharis (I) vs Daario Naharis (II). The recasting in GOT turned DN (I) evil . . . Also Seven Samurai in space. Oh, wait. They already did that - Battle Beyond the Stars.
I think the biggest problem with this movie is the pacing and Zach Snyders basic misconception on how that works. I know he's riffing on the Seven Samuari, Magnificent Seven, and a dozen other movies. In every other movie I can think of it takes thirty minutes to form the seven and the rest of the movie is plot, exposition, getting the village ready, and all of that. Even then if you look at the original Magnificent Seven and compare the scene where they recruit Charles Bronson and in Rebel Moon whenre they recruit Staz Nair. They are both doing chores on a farm for money. If takes five minutes to recruit Bronson and you get tons of character about how much he gets typically gets paid and how he's so down on his luck taht teh small amount they're offering is worth is time.Nair spends way more time on screen and we get very little character building. All I know about him is that he's the Navi alagory.
This is "sit on rock and exposit a flashback" The Movie.
Edit: "I'm only telling you this so you know who I am." Yeah, thanks movie... we get it. She should have gone full deadpool and said that directly to the camera.
You have to do part 2 that was funny as hell watching your review
Bro you made me spit my coffee out at 14:10 with the Dune soundtrack and the axe lol
I feel like this movie doesn't answer the question: "why should I care?"
(This reaction does, because I want to watch you guys, but not the movie! 😂)
This movie feels like Zack Snyder saw 7 Samurai when he was 10 and then wrote this when he was 13.
more like he made a much worse version of battle beyond the stars (which was also based on 7 samurai)
bro is literally a grown man with a 14 years old edge lord brain that only puts cool shots but not coherent plots into his movies, just because. This man is a Hack! Listen to his interviews, he literally talks like a child lol
I think it really wants to be Farscape, but Snyder doesn't understand why Farscape works.
It's like this movie was written by ChatGPT after it was instructed to mix a compilation between 10 random sci-fi movies/series.
then chat GPT got lost and accidently lifted the Buckbeak scene from Harry Potter.
@@michaeljeacock 😆 It's like those AI's that doesn't understand the instructions!
It's not exposition if a Robot explains it.
As promised, I am here to feed the algorithm because I love you guys, you’re my favorites, even though I absolutely will not watch anything Zack Snyder touches and believe that continuing to engage with his movies (any of his movies) only serves to keep encouraging people to keep giving him chances to make more, much like how Velma was hate-watched into having a season 2.
Anyway, all love, as always. I’ll always support you guys. Just, humbly, I have to ask politely if it would be possible not to give Snyder free publicity anymore in the future.
❤️ now eat, algorithm goddess!
3:35; 😂 There's ppl out there who think the critics have it out for Zack, but can't explain the Audience Scores for the movies he's directed and/or written since 'The Snyder Cut' (RT 93%); Army of The Dead (75%), Army of Thieves (69%), Rebel Moon P1 (57%) & P2 (46%). So why haven't the same ppl who rushed to give the Snyder Cut 93% done the same for the rest?!
Because they aren't actual fans of Zack Snyder, they are only fans of DC Snyderverse. They get mad when you point that out to them lol.
Adam I appreciate you quoting Robin Hood: Men in Tights
I love how jumping onto the gryphon required 4x slow motion.
"I was the wizard Shazam, how DARE you!"
That was a spit take moment
10:24 It was sad when that Nazi officer went, "Negan," on Technoviking. But it did set a serious tone for anyone with less than 50 pounds of plot armor.
"I should be able to glean more information than just from dialogue" - looks at Fallout and nods.
You guys reacting to bad movies should maybe become a thing lmao
Yes!! Do Jupiter's Ascending next!!
The amount of slow motion used in this movie is crazy🤣🤣
I like Adam and Jay not liking things. I know they want to keep it positive because there are so many negative reviewers on youtube but sometimes it feel a little like they searching for good things when there aren't any. This video felt pretty authentic and was a lot of fun!
Oh and what is this movie, I don't understand why Zack Snyder gets jobs as a director at this point. He has potential but he hasn't really shown it for years now. Adam was absolutely right, Snyder needs someone to control him and tell him no from time to time.
Snyder would be a good SECOND unit director. He can get beautiful establishing shots and action/fight scenes.
@@mathsalot8099 I think he has a vision for his shots and movies that are too strong to be a second unit director.
He can be a great style over substance director, he just needs stronger producers, writers and just someone who is strong enough to tell him no in certain situations
Man, Djimon Hounsou has been fighting in the Gladiator arena since the days of Maximus Decimus Meridius. It's no wonder he looks rough.
This movie is what was down that hole back in Sparta.
@29:48 not Adam using D&D rules to explain this scene's failings 😂
I started watching Part 2 out of morbid curiosity. It has some startling apparent continuity problems and the most unintentionally hilarious example of diegetic music I've ever seen in just the first 10 minutes. I gave up and went back to watching Shogun.
the final fight with that book of mormon looking guy was so funny
You should definitely watch Ryan George 's Pitch Meeting for this..
I am absolutely more intrigued by the flower robot than the entirety of the rest of the film
Parts one and two could have been condensed into a single movie that would have worked much better than what we got.
People keep hyping that Zack Snyder is going to have a "Director's Cut" for this movie, though since it was done for Netflix, I wonder WHY.
He literally chose not to put content in the movie to artificially hype his movies up like dlc that was supposed to be in the main game but now it's being sold separately, and some people keep spreading that line about his "vision" and everything even though hies been in control of every movie he's made since justice league and none of them are good movies and they all rely on fake hype like all the robot and alien easter eggs in army of the dead
Never forget zack snyder says this movie would have made more money than barbie if it was released in theaters even with his format of the full movie being dlc and all his fans rejoicing his vision is protected even though hes been in total control of all of his projects at netflix and he Chooses to release a supposedly unfinished product and gets praise for a movie actually making sense which happened with batman v superman and its probably more pointless this time , snyder can make all the directors cuts he wants but dont he shouldnt lie about it lol
To be clear, I'm not saying this as a reflection on you guys, I agree with virtually everything you said...but I think this might be the first reaction where I had to take a break and do something else. There's nothing here, which funnily enough makes me respect you even more for being able to pull a full breakdown out of the whole thing.
I think the most damning thing I can personally say about the movie is that I watched it with some friends who enjoyed it. I asked what they liked about it, and one of my friends went on to describe plot points from one of the Aquaman movies he'd seen a day or two earlier. Rebel Moon was so forgettable his brain did a system restore to the last movie he'd seen - as he was watching it.
Yes, it can… I’m utterly disappointed we live in where THIS can be written, filmed, and released to the public
I know tax write-offs are anti-art but I feel like Netflix should've made an exception 😂
We also live in a time of Dune 2, which was a cinematic masterpiece. Both improved cinematic technology even if only one was good :)
I mean Battlefield Earth was also written, filmed, and released nearly 25 years ago, so.... it's not JUST this time period. Plus I'm sure lots more sci-fi trash over multiple decades in the 20th Century.
52:37 I don't think anyone's gonna come after you guys over this movie😂😂 love you two ❤
You'd be surprised. Snyder stans can get pretty rabid.
I've seen a few in the comments (maybe half a dozen?) But for the most part, yeah... very few people care enough.
Feels like a drug induced fever dream, cool disjointed moments with no consistent thru-line or meaning or depth
How dare you disrespect drugs with this movie. This movie is so bad, it's not worth referencing it with anything else.
I see a few basic ways of connecting these characters so that it is a coherent plot. 1) The evil general should have either been the official governor of this moon, OR hiding resources and garrisons on the moon because he was planning to backstab the Emperor. Anything that was a more substantial and specific reason for him to care at all about what happens in this region. 2) The prince working as a slave should have been the previous regent of the moon. "Return of the king" is an actual plot point; rescuing some guy just because, isn't. 3) The drunk general could have been from THIS prince's kingsguard. Either that, or his Big Disgrace should be related to the death of the White Lantern Princess. Who cares about whatever battle he lost if it has nothing to do with the big myth or the specific story? Nemesis is just a Jedi expy, so what she doesn't really matter. She's a ronin. Myeh. Gamora's quest should be specific: to regain the power of THIS moon from THIS imperial officer.
"Battleaxe Betty" - I had to pause afterwards 😂
Adam rode the 'I'm determined to hate this' bandwagon in to town on this one. Jay is so much more open to what's good in films that aren't upto scratch.
... "Im just not having a ton of fun" had me DYING lolololol. Yup - that kinda perfectly encapsulates my entire experience with this movie. I wanted desperately to have a better time with this movie, but I could not care about literally any character in it. The coolest part - the Jenna Malone spider lady fight - was just a Doctor Who villain from nearly 20 years ago (The Runaway Bride 2006 Christmas Special - which im gonna guess had 1% of this movies budget). Star Wars has done Seven Samurai a bunch of times already and better than this (see the Clone Wars, Rebels, The Mandalorian, etc). No wonder lucasfilm didnt want this. Woof.
Falcor the Link Dragon! That is a DEEP CUT for the OG peaches (before we were even called peaches!)
Already looking forward to seeing your review quoted as "Just WOW !".
This feels like if you got A New Hope and dumped all of the PT and all of the EU books into it.
34:33 I think this is the point I couldn’t watch anymore. Usually I power through a movie in pieces if it’s hard to watch. This one I had no desire to finish it.
i started this movie to give it a chance. Props to you guys or not giving up. i could make myself sick thinking about all the money spent.
you know we just have to pump the red light out of him and fill him with blue light and he will be as good as new
Having (regrettably) watched both "parts" of this Zack Snyder "opus," I'm so glad that the two of you are reacting to it so that I know I was not alone in my (admittedly harsh) judgment.
... is that Harry Connick Jr.?
If I were Ms Boutella I would fire my manager
No kidding!!! Star Trek Beyond, The Mummy, this... she deserves better!
wait. If it is impossible to fight the motherworld, than wtf does the revolution people do all day? They're kinda just a bikergang, that's probably why they look like that.
I would opine that we are looking at something like David Drake's plasma guns, where all of the thermokinetic force is expended at the point of contact so it does not penetrate. However, if it hits a human, it would cause sufficient hydrostatic shock (along with the heat) to kill them.
35:28 Bread? I like bread!
I got to about the same point as Adam and went, where is the plot? Why are we collecting these people? Apparently they have bounties on them, but they didn't seem to be hard to find. What's the plan? The bad guys can clearly attack from ordbit, so this is a bit like taking on the Death Star without the all important plans.
Disney should have accepted this as a Star Wars pitch. That way, nobody would be saying that the sequels are the worst Star Wars movies anymore.
Okay hear me out… Was Snyder supposed to make Rogue One? That’s already a Seven Samurai movie. I mean, if this was a Star Wars pitch, it’s no wonder they turned him down.
Nah it would still be better since it doesnt involve or ruin the Skywalker legacy.
@@gapsule2326 the sequels were never the worst, you people just hated a woman was the main character and that y'all didn't get the story that Y'ALL wanted instead of what the director wanted. The director is not a mind reader.
@@daurydavis3983 Nah man they'll just tell you that it was "bad writing" as if that's an objective fact
@@daurydavis3983 Yeah, no one likes those 'Alien' movies either since Ripley (a woman) is the main character. /s
Jay yawning & Adam shrugging at the nonsense throughout this - is the best review you can give
YES! Yes, it CAN be this bad, AND worse! Snyder wants to do six of these trash fires! Let. Him. POOP.
You people never know what you want
@@daurydavis3983 We want good movies
@@OfficialEdwardNewgate y'all want nonstop action with no character development
I love the banter. 19:50 made me think of "Make a wish..." Candle Maker from Doom Patrol.
when someone refuses your pitch but you think you're hot sh.. because you're called Snyder. So you don't even think it might be refused because it's bad.
friends don't let friends watch Rebel Moon
The aesthetic is much more in line with the Warhammer 40K universe, and I wonder if word that Cavill is working on this franchise inspired them to make it look similar.
"Was that a B-Wing?" Honestly, thought it looked a LOT like Ahsoka's ship, but I don't want to subject myself to searching through this movie on my TV to get a closer look.
The problem I had with this movie is that it didn't know what kind of movie it wanted to be. They took every single SciFi/Fantasy trope/cliche and mashed them all together trying to make them all work but instead they just got.... mush.
Plus I can't stand the guy that played the main evil character so that probably didn't help my perception of the movie at all.
It's pretty sad, like you continually pointed out the visuals/special effects were pretty good. Most of the acting was okay, but the writing/story just killed it. Honestly I don't think I'm even going to bother watching Part 2
"How far into this are we? *Holy shit*." is probably all that needs to be said, right?
Can’t wait to enjoy this amazing reaction love my amazing internet best friends
I honestly believe there was a KERNEL of a fantastic story in there SOMEWHERE but unfortunately it was smothered to death by an excessive amount of slow-motion shots and too many characters with too little actual personailty and backstory to care about them. And unfortunately that Kernel of a good story wasn't even an original story.
There Was a kernel of a good idea in there, we call it "Seven Samurai"
It is clearly a Star Wars Pitch, but I feel notes of Dune and Warhammer 40K too. I was interested in the world.
this film was... ok. I liked it, but... yeah.
and every single character is as SPECIMEN.
it was a Star Wars pitch, but they turned him down. which goes to prove Kathleen Kennedy doesn't get everything wrong.
25:25 "that's a cool shot." yes it was, when they did it in Harry Potter.
Who says bad movies can't be entertaining? This has to be your funniest reaction yet. I was in stitches throughout the whole thing, you guys were having way too much fun. When Jay rumbled "Peekaboo", I was d3ad, put a fork in me, I was done.
But going back to your Fix It... I'm coming to Sofia's defense. It was the character, not her acting chops. I mean, that physical performance is astonishing, she obviously trained like mad for the role. But there's only so much one can do with bad writing and bad direction.
Edit: Lets talk about the art design of the whole thing-- or lack thereof. It's such a visual mess, it's not awe-inspiring or even coherent in any way. Yeah, The Shire meets the Nazis-- doesn't work. The costumes are dreadful, the makeup is awful, its just a mess.
I could've forgiven this movie's other shortcomings if the action was top-notch, cause then you at least understand where the filmmaker's focus is. But like everything else it's just...kinda okay.
I fell asleep watching this at my parent's place over the holidays and I feel just fine about that.
The only people who like this are Disney haters who want to use it as a way to slam Disney. They dont actually like it, they just want to claim not giving Snyder a Star Wars movie is another bad Kathleen Kennedy decision.
Who in their right mind would look at Rebel Moon and say 'Disney/Kathleen Kennedy' SHOULD'VE made this a Star Wars film?
No one is claiming this movie is good, the people who don’t like the Disney Star Wars films are people who like good writing, and this movie is not that
@@WeAreTheBentusi Never been on FB, I see.
I love your guys's reactions, they're so funny😂
I've not been able to watch this movie all the way through without getting distracted and walking away several times
😂 you were so ready to enjoy this at the start.
Hey. If you didn’t like part 1, don’t bother with part 2. The best part of this movie is your reaction. The confused, bewildered, “huh” looks were great.
Many thanks to Jay & Adam! 🌙 The only thing I loved about this movie was the scene in which 'Sam' (portrayed by the lovely Charlotte Maggi) put the crown of flowers onto 'Jimmy' (voiced by Anthony Hopkins). The rest of it, aside from some lovely visuals, really didn't impact me. I will watch the second part, but it would take a lot to win me over. I guess I'm just not a huge fan of Zack Snyder. Only a couple of his works have appealed to me. Apparently, some people enjoy what he offers.
Wait, the robot was voiced by Anthony Hopkins? Now I can't stop thinking of Anthony Hopkins robot butler in Transformers 5... the one with boomerang fish? I think they would probably get along well!
@@mathsalot8099 Probably so! 🤖
If this movie were given good reviews from critics and/or audience, the duo like most TH-camrs would overlook the film's flaws like 100% all the time and be raving it with lines like "THAT'S DOPE DUDE" and crying like babies when it comes to emotional scenes instead of mocking it which, in Rebel Moon's case, is justified. 🤷♂️
Had to pause and take a break, not because this video is bad, the video is great. But because I can only take so much of rebel moon before I need a break haha
I really believe that with a better director and editor this could have been great.
AND WRITER
They would also need to extend the runtime to give us more lore about each character instead of us just scooping them up. This is like a badly written video game with no side quests.
@@ericfisher4736 instead of more time, can we replace all the WASTED time with things that actually develop the plot and characters? If you continue with this terrible pacing for another however many hours, I can't stand it!! Let's cut out the useless establishing shots, landscape drone shots, and slomo! Maybe cut out a multiple characters or combine their roles? That way, we don't have to waste time developing them all. Please, I can't imagine even MORE time on this story; you're killing me!!!
This whole movie felt like we were supposed to understand and care without ever earning that from viewers.
that could be any of you.
...ma'am...
...that's a spiderwoman...
Maybe I got too high, but I remember enjoying it a lot first time, watched it back with my girl a second time….& not so much
I said when the movie came out that it could have been 20/30 minutes shorter without the Slow-Mo in it.... and even then it would be too long and too uninteresting. Snyder apparently wants to make 6 Rebel Moon movies in total. Can't see him getting a 3rd one TBH.
Should check out Slo Mo Guys Zack Snyder. About a 50 min interview/interaction. He explains the camera angles. As well as how they released the pg-13 version first. And the R version comes this fall. Only reason I watched the 1st one, so I can see the difference. The supposedly WAY gorier angle compilation.
They failed at making us care about any of these characters.
This movie is literally 7 samuria, the anime with Star Wars coat of paint. With a lot less character development
so battle beyond the stars, but boring.
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